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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Windhover," lines 1-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "sillion" (line 12)?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) An uncountable amount.
(c) A type of soil.
(d) The sparkling of a diamond.

2. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "B" lines"?
(a) Eye.
(b) Slant.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Feminine.

3. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "A" lines?
(a) Masculine.
(b) Slant.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Eye.

4. To whom is the poem dedicated?
(a) Matthew Arnold.
(b) A Victorian minister.
(c) The poet's spouse.
(d) Christ.

5. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?
(a) Kingdom.
(b) Daylight.
(c) Minion.
(d) Morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?

2. In lines 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?

3. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?

4. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

5. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?

(see the answer key)

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